Token ?

[ARROWHUNTER]

I found this yesterday and it looks to have had a pin through it top to bottom so it could possibly rotate. It is about 3/16 of an inch in thickness. Any ideas?

 

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[PBK]

It's evidently the disk or token from an "edge spinner." The token rotated within a small frame. Flicking the edge made the token spin rapidly, and the images of both sides would appear together— resulting in an amusing, or in some cases erotic, third image. Try spinning the token, or superimposing the photos, to see what the combined image may have been: a bird playing the fiddle... or whatever.

 

[Montana Jim]

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[PBK]

Nice work, M J! Now I've got a headache! :P

The only problem is, we don't know the orientation of the sides— i.e., is the reverse inverted from the obverse, as on a coin; or the same, as on many medals? That would definitely make a difference in the composite image.

 

[ARROWHUNTER]

The orientation is close. The bottom pin can still be seen protruding slightly.
Arrowhunter.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Oh nice. I saw a baby's arm holding an apple and then I had a seizure and spilled my beer all over the keyboard.

Nice work on the animatronics, Jim.

 

[PBK]

I guess the combined images could be viewed as a bird playing a bass fiddle. (After M J's assault on the senses, anything's possible! :P)

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[savant365]

I couldn't find a picture but there is or was a "parrot violin company" maybe a broken tuning knob